Friedrich "Prus and the Dryfus case"

Short history of the Dreyfus Affair. Espionage wrongfully accused and imprisoned. Later pardoned, but not officially. Anti-semetism. 272 Prus wrote a weekly column and spoke of the affair as one that upheld the possibility that he is innocent and should be pitied. Prus wrote about many things in his column - The woman question, The Jewish and the peasant question. 273 he first writes that only during moments of a clear head should one take on such matters, but then a year later writes in very assertive form that the case was not so bad and perhaps France was right. he seems to hold the state above moral considerations and has great support for France even though Emile Zola has been writing against its actions. 275 Prus attacks Zoila saying that the defense of the country and the moral and discipline in the army are worth a couple of innocent deaths. 277 Even after the results were in and the French gov and army stated their guilt he was simply silent. 279 Prus was a supporter of Jewish assimilation, but through this case clearly saw them as a foreign nation among the homelands of Europe. The author of the article thinks that that the case did note change Prus's ideas on Jews and assimilation, but it shows perhaps what his misgivings were, despite being one of the foremost positivists and writers on the Jewish Question. 281